Grampians

Maintaining our roads is an essential part of keeping millions of people and hundreds of thousands of tonnes of freight on the move across Victoria.

We regularly inspect roads and carry out emergency repairs as needed, while more extensive works, such as road rebuilding and rehabilitation, are delivered during the warmer, drier months from September to May to ensure repairs are long-lasting.

We will update this page with the new program of resurfacing and rehabilitation in the coming weeks.

Current works

While our major road rebuilds occur during the warmer months, maintaining the road network is a year-round priority. We’re delivering more proactive maintenance during the cooler months when roads experience the greatest stress from rainfall and flooding. 

Our crews are out every day inspecting roads for hazards and defects, repairing potholes, surface issues and damaged signs, cleaning gutters and drains, mowing and clearing litter. 

Throughout the winter period, we’re doing more works to keep our main freeways open and keep people and freight on the move.  

We’ve got additional crews on the network repairing damage caused by recent rain and delivering emergency repairs where and when they’re needed. While the weather is cooler, we’ll continue to deliver increased levels of proactive works to protect against rain and flooding, ensuring our roads stand up to the growing levels of extreme weather we’re seeing.

Western Highway asphalt patching works, Gordon to Beaufort

Maintenance works on the Western Highway are underway.

Crews are working to repair the road surface on multiple sections of the road between Gordon and Beaufort. 

We’ll be on site between 7am and 7am, from Monday 5 October and Monday 26 October 2026, with the possibility of some weekend works.  During works, lane closures are in place, with reduced speed limits to ensure the safety of crews and road users. 

Please note: These dates and times are subject to change due to weather conditions.

Western Highway asphalt patching works, Kiata

Maintenance works on the Western Highway, between Argall Road and Kiata South Road, are underway.

Crews are working to repair the road surface on a 2km section of the highway in Hindmarsh Shire.  

We’ll be on site between 7am and 7am, from Monday 5 October and Friday 9 October 2026, with the possibility of some weekend works. During works, lane closures are in place, with traffic controllers on site to guide traffic through the area, one lane at a time. There are reduced speed limits to ensure the safety of crews and road users. 

Please note: These dates and times are subject to change due to weather conditions.

Maintenance program 2025-26

Over the last year, hundreds of kilometers have been repaired, resurfaced or rebuilt across the state as part of the 2025-26 maintenance season. This includes rebuilding and resurfacing works across the Grampians region. 

This year’s program targeted high-traffic areas and busy freight routes, including some of the most important roads connecting communities in the west.

As part of the program, rehabilitation works on the following roads in Grampians region were completed:
 

• Midland Highway, between McLeod Street and Gargans Road (1.5km) at Meredith in Golden Plains Shire
• Henty Highway, between Daveys Road and Barrat Road (7km) at Kewell in Horsham Rural City and Yarriambiack Shire
• Midland Highway, between McLeod Street and Gargans Road at Meredith (1.5km) in Golden Plains Shire
• Ballarat-Maryborough Road, between Nelson Street and Creek Street at Miners Rest (500m) in City of Ballarat
• Bacchus Marsh Road, between Western Freeway and Burbridge Drive at Bacchus Marsh (240m) in Moorabool Shire
• Birchip-Rainbow Road
  • between Boundary Road and Boundary Road  at Kenmare(1.4km) in Hindmarsh
  • between Sanders Road and Warracknabeal-Rainbow Road at Kenmare (780m) in Hindmarsh Shire
• Western Highway
  • between Douglas Street and Eastwoods Road at Kaniva in West Wimmera Shire
  • eastbound between the Old Western Highway turn off and Black Bottom Road at Trawalla (2.4km) in Pyrenees Shire
  • Melbourne-bound, between Ballan-Greendale Road and the Old Melbourne Road on-ramp at Ballan (490m) in Moorabool Shire
• Bacchus Marsh Road, between Western Freeway and Burbridge Drive at Bacchus Marsh (240m) in Moorabool Shire
   

Resurfacing works were also carried out on many roads across the Grampians region. 

Due to a range of factors, we now plan to deliver the following rehabilitation works as part of our 2026-27 road maintenance program:
 

• Western Highway, between David Street and May Park Terrace at Horsham (150m) in Horsham Rural City Council

Get in touch

• Call:    133 778
• Email:  [email protected]